Thursday, March 30
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Cinder Skies Reading @ 7:00 p.m.
>> feat. Anahi Molina & Brian Blanchfield
Bright Side Bookshop | 18 N San Francisco St
Friday, March 31
Writer Meet and Greet @ 3:30 p.m.
Downtown Flagstaff Public Library | 300 W Aspen Ave
Welcome Back Reading @ 5 p.m.
>> feat. Tom Zoellner, Beatrice Szymkowiak & Oscar Mancinas
MOCAF | 555 Blackbird Roost, Unit #5
Off the Page @ 6 p.m.
>> feat. Lawrence Lenhart, Enchilada Dada & Chomsky School of Business
MOCAF | 555 Blackbird Roost, Unit #5
Friday Night Featured Reading @ 7 p.m.
>> feat. Brendan Shay Basham & Sasha taqʷsəblu LaPointe
MOCAF | 555 Blackbird Roost, Unit #5
Harvest: A Night of Jazz + Poetry Open Mic @ 9 p.m. >> feat. YOU [sign up at 9 p.m.]
Flagstaff Brewing Company | 16 Historic Rte 66
Saturday, April 1
Song and Storytime @ 10 a.m.
>> feat. IIWAA & Eileen Pieczonka
Liminal Flagstaff | 217 S San Francisco St
Youth Poetry Council Presents: A Generative Zine Workshop @ 1 p.m.
>> all writers, aged 14-24, are welcome
Late for the Train | 19A E Aspen Ave
Spoken Word & Slam Poetry @ 2 p.m.
>> Roundtable + Performance by Sedona Poetry Slam
Downtown Flagstaff Public Library | 300 W Aspen
Literary Editing & Publishing Panel @ 3 p.m. >> feat. Kelp Journal, Abalone Mountain Press, Eggtooth Editions & Torrey House Press
Liminal Flagstaff | 217 S San Francisco St
Literary Editing & Publishing Panel @ 5 p.m. >> feat. Rinky Dink Press, Tolsun Books, Salina Bookshelf, Soulstice Publishing & DIAGRAM/New Michigan Press
Liminal Flagstaff | 217 S San Francisco St
Sedona Poetry Slam @ 7 p.m.
Mary D. Fisher Theater | 2030 W State Rte 89A, Sedona
Sasha LaPointe @ 6 p.m.
Liminal Flagstaff | 217 S San Francisco St
Explore Translation @ 7 p.m.
>> feat. Thousand Languages
Liminal Flagstaff | 217 S San Francisco St
What is your relationship to the land you live on? Share a brief response to be added to a multilingual, community poem hosted by Thousand Languages Project. Submit here.
Responses collected by March 15th will be presented during the Explore Translation with Thousand Languages Panel at Northern Az Book Festival April 1st 7pm MST at Liminal.
Throwing Tomatoes: Humor Writing @ 8:30 p.m.
>> hosted by NAU MFA students
The Annex Cocktail Lounge | 50 S San Francisco St
NOAZBF Literary Extravaganza!
Exhibitor Booths, Readings & Performances
All day Saturday, 10 a.m. - 7:30 p.m.
@ Heritage Square (22 E Aspen)
10 a.m. Off the Rails
>> coordinated by Micaela Merryman
11 a.m. Local Press Reading
>> feat. Lorinda Martinez (Salina Bookshelf), Mable Wauneka Goodwin and Margaret Miller (Soulstice Publishing) & Taté Walker (Abalone Mountain Press)
12 p.m. Youth Poet Laureate of Flagstaff Presents "Revolutionary Poetry"
>> feat. Tongo Eisen-Martin (San Francisco Poet Laureate)
1 p.m. Flagstaff Poetry Slam Showcase
>> coordinated by Lydia Gates
2 p.m. Ecopoetics
>> feat. Jessica Clark, Reece Gritzmacher, Stacy Murison, Cymelle Edwards & Tyler Mitchell
3 p.m. Interference Series Presents
3 p.m. Wasted Ink. Zine Distro: DIY Make and Take Zines at Heritage Square Maker Table
4 p.m. FlagShakes Presents
5 p.m. Local Press Reading
>> feat. Scott Grahams (Torrey House Press), AM Larks (Kelp Journal) & V. Batyko (Eggtooth Editions)
6 p.m. Finishing Line Press Reading
>> feat. Andie Francis, Ted McLoof & Valyntina Grenier
7 p.m. Local Press Reading
>> feat. Shawnte Orion (Rinky Dink Press) & Margaret Elysia Garcia (Tolsun Books)
Sunday, April 2
Ancillary Events
Book Drive & Fun Run @ 10 a.m.
>> presented by Soulstice Publishing
Meet at Flagstaff High School
Create Effective Critique Groups @ 11 a.m.
>> hosted by Flagstaff Writers' Connection
Downtown Flagstaff Public Library | 300 W Aspen
Young Readers: Story Time & Self-Portraits @ 11 a.m.
>> feat. Monica Brown
Flagstaff High School | 400 W Elm Ave
NDN Girls Book Club Presents @ 12 p.m.
>> feat. Darcie Little Badger, Kinsale Drake & NDN Girls Book Club
Flagstaff High School | 400 W Elm Ave
Extractivism and Ecological Imperialism @ 1 p.m.
>> feat. Andrew Curley, Mallery Quetawki, Peter Friederici & Nicole Horseherder
Murdoch Community Center | 203 E Brannen Ave
The Bird in Your Hand Prize Reading @ 2 p.m.
>> hosted by NAU MFA, featuring TBD
Zoom link | meeting ID: 821 8811 9631 | pw: noazbf23
Between Pleasure and Pain: An Authentic Voices Reading @ 2 p.m.
>> feat. Shipra Agarwal, Akanksha Aurora, Jae Carey, Jenna Mayzouni, Jenise Miller, Leah Nicole Whitcomb & Shaina A. Nez
Zoom link | meeting ID: 854 3758 7775 | pw: noazbf23
IN-NA-PO Indigeneity and Disability Justice Reading @ 3 p.m.
>> feat. Johnnie Jae, Rachael Johnson, Gillian Joseph, Lorinda Martinez & Jessica (Tyner) Mehta
Zoom link | meeting ID: 850 2898 2991 | pw: noazbf23
Performance Writing Workshop @ 3 p.m.
>> facilitated by Will Cordeiro
Liminal Flagstaff | 217 S San Francisco St
3 Poets & Water Poems from the High Desert @ 4 p.m.
>> feat. Venaya Yazzie, Michael Thompson & Tina Deschenie
Zoom link | meeting ID: 864 7018 8810 | pw: noazbf23
Poet Brews: An Open Mic for Writers
Tuesday, April 4 @ 7 p.m.
>> in collaboration with Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival
Flagstaff Brewing Company | 16 Historic Rte 66
Flagstaff Team Trivia: Literary Takeover
Wednesday, April 5 @ 7 p.m.
Uptown Pubhouse | 114 N Leroux St
Reading with Graham Akhurst & Yvette Holt Wednesday, April 17 @ 1:30 p.m.*
The Gathering Room at NAU's Native American Cultural Center. Meet and greet begins at 1 p.m.